Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
JOHN ORTBERGToo often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
More John Ortberg Quotes
-
-
The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
JOHN ORTBERG -
God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
JOHN ORTBERG -
Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
JOHN ORTBERG -
The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
JOHN ORTBERG -
Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
JOHN ORTBERG -
I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
JOHN ORTBERG -
You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
JOHN ORTBERG -
We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
JOHN ORTBERG -
Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
JOHN ORTBERG -
Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
JOHN ORTBERG -
A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
JOHN ORTBERG -
Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
JOHN ORTBERG -
The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
JOHN ORTBERG -
Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
JOHN ORTBERG -
At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
JOHN ORTBERG